CVE-2002-2038: Bill Abt Next Generation Posix Threading

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Next Generation POSIX Threading (NGPT) 1.9.0 uses a filesystem-based shared memory entry, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or in threaded processes or spoof files via unknown methods.

Affected products

• Bill Abt Next Generation Posix Threading: version 1.9.0 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.